you have to listen to each other. >> greta: where is president obama today? he was not in washington. he was at a toy factory in pennsylvania. to many he seems to be back on the campaign trail, campaigning for his fiscal ideas. governor palin, speaker gingrich who has battled with president clinton on big issues says you have to sit down in the same room, this is being outsourced. how do we get these parties to talk? >> speaker gingrich knew then as he knows now, the house of representatives has great power because they hold the purse springs they can unfund many of the things that are the -- pursestrings they can unfund many of the things. speaker gingrich knows they don't have to concede and capitulate they can be at the table and exert the authority they have the power they have that the people just gave them by reelecting republicans, conservatives, in the house, holding the pursestrings saying no more of this reckless, irresponsible spending from the white house. we want to rein it in. that is i believe what he meant by saying we have to both sit at the